unlikely to happen and therefore not worth considering (因不大可能发生而)无考虑意义的 He argued that the issue had become moot since the board had changed its policy. 他争辩说这项议题已变得毫无实际意义,因为董事会已经改变了政策。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryMoot is used with these nouns:- court
- point
Word OriginOld English mōt ‘assembly ’or‘ meeting’ and mōtian ‘to converse’, of Germanic origin; related to meet. The adjective (originally an attributive noun use: see moot court) dates from the mid 16th cent.; the current verb sense dates from the mid 17th cent.
Idioms
a moot point/question
- (British English, North American English)
a matter about which there may be difference of opinion or a lack of understanding 悬而未决的事;有争议的问题 Whether this should be enforced by law or not is a moot point. 这是否应该由法律强制执行还没有定论。